Brief Intervention for Substance Use and Partner Abuse Among Females in the ER

Domestic Violence Clinical Trial

— B-SAFER  

Official title:

A Computer-based Intervention for Women With Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01709552
• Other study ID #: 5K23DA031881-02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 10, 2012
• Last updated: May 21, 2015
• Start date: March 2012
• Est. completion date: November 2014

Study information

• Verified date: May 2015
• Source: Rhode Island Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to target co-occurring problems of substance use and intimate partner violence (IPV) using a computer-based intervention, B-SAFER (Brief intervention for Substance use and partner Abuse for Females in the Emergency Room). This project will develop and test the computer-based intervention, examining primary outcomes of substance use and utilization of relationship safety resources.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: November 2014
• Est. primary completion date: November 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• =18 years of age

• English or Spanish language proficiency sufficient to understand and complete study procedures

• moderate drug use in the prior 3 months (by NM-ASSIST)

• IPV victimization in the prior 6 months (by WAST)

• access to a phone

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who are:

• intoxicated

• medically unstable as determined by ED staff

• suicidal ideation

• psychosis

• combative

• in police custody

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Domestic Violence
• Substance Related Disorders
• Substance-Related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Computer Intervention
Patients randomized to the computer intervention will complete the B-SAFER computer program during their emergency department visit.
• Control
Patients randomized to the control arm will receive a time-equivalent computer-based program unrelated to substance use or partner violence.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Rhode Island Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rhode Island Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in past-month drug use days	Drug use based on Timeline Followback.	1 month, 3 month	No
Primary	Change in use of relationship safety behaviors and referral resources for IPV.	Based on Safety Behavior Checklist and Effectiveness in Obtaining Resources scales.	2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months	No
Secondary	Change in readiness to change drug use.	Based on readiness to change rulers.	2 week, 1 month, 3 months	No
Secondary	Change in readiness to change scale for relationship safety behaviors.	Based on readiness to change rulers.	2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months	No